M Studio

This photography studio located in an urban
storefront has substantial daylight from a single north facing façade that
required a prominent counterpoint at the deeper interior spaces where most business
activities and lab work took place.
In response to the finely detailed volumetric forms, concealed light
coves are developed integrally to the shifting planer elements of the
architecture. Multiple switched
zones allow for the use of more theatrically derived colored light scenes
utilized for special events and art openings. Blue light in this instance offers a symbolic nod to
the opposing elevation of northern skylight. Here the transitional time of “twilight”, a moment when
daylight resigns to the coming of night, is suspended electrically within the
architectural voids.

Publications“Gelled Fluorescent
Brings Twilight to a Photography Studio,” Architectural
Record“Studio Layout: Dial
“M” for Studio,” Photo District News“Studio for a
Photographer,” Oz, Kansas State
University